I Think– I Can (be a worshiper)
John 4:29 KJV(29) Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
To have an encounter with someone that is truly great can make a significant life-changing impression, but what makes the encounter even more powerful is when that person changes the way you see yourself and the possibilities for your own life. For this woman at the well there was an immediate offer of water that would cause her to never thirst again. She would then discover that this offer came even while Jesus was aware of her present sinful condition, having had several different husbands and presently living with a man out of wedlock. She became convinced by Jesus’ words that He indeed was the Christ, but what would change her life forever wasn’t just her brush with fame; it was the complete change He brought to the way she would see herself from that day onward. No longer was she just someone who had failed at every relationship and become labeled forever as someone quite far from what a worshiper might be. She herself had conversed with the Christ and from Him she had received validation for who she was and of what she was capable. She had been accepted and respected for who she was in spite of her past sins and present depraved state. She could now see herself as a worshiper of Christ and because of that vision her place at His side was made possible.
It is so great to magnify and exalt our awesome God of power and might and to be overwhelmed and impressed by Him above everything else in life. For that impression to really begin to impact and transform, however, it will need to change how we see ourselves. While a life may or may not be in a depraved state like that of the woman at the well, there will need to be a change of identity and self perspective in order to ever assume the role of a worshiper for which each of us has been formed. Earthly patterns of thinking and a self image formed over years of living in a culture and atmosphere of worldly dominance will completely disable the unlimited potential that has been placed inside with the life that is ours in Christ. For every moment that is driven by worship, though, there is an opportunity for Jesus to make us aware that the spring of living water is actually coming from inside of us, welling up to everlasting life. We are able, each one, to worship the Father in spirit and in truth as we see ourselves as the worshiper we are in Jesus.